Wednesday, February 3, 2010

San Antonio Writing Project's 4th Annual Conference

The San Antonio Writing Project's 4th Annual Conference is this Saturday, February 6th from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the UTSA downtown campus. Author Diane Gonzalez Bertrand is our keynote speaker and then our SAWP teacher consultants will be sharing their writing across the curriculum demonstrations. This event is open to the public. We look forward to seeing you there! Our program is listed below.

ThereseFleming3.512 All The CuentosProjectClassroom demonstration of The Cuentos Project* at work. Storiesdon't die, but their vessels do. So what? Well, pardner, then you'releft with a tall drink of imagination quenchin' nothin', a plate full ofhistory dust, "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,signifying nothing." Get on board with this essential endeavor toseek out and record the missing pages of world history. Put thedousing rod in your students’ hands and get ready to make history.You know you want to, yes you do. The train's leaving town, and theonly thing missin is YOU. Welcome aboard, pardner.*boots and lariats optional, enthusiam and commitment required

KelleyMeyer3.528 Secondary To Grammar orNot to GrammarThis workshop is designed to help integrate grammar andconventions lessons into the context of the writing process.

NoraGonzalez3.402 Elementary Shhhhhh.....Notin this Class!In this session participants will unearth the importance of interactionand conversation for English language learners in a regularelementary classroom. These activities promote interaction througha variety of ways to include reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Lennie Irvinand FrancesCrawford3.520 All CelebratingWriting forLearning in AllSubjects: How toIntegrate MoreWriting intoYour CurriculumNo matter your subject or grade level, writing is an important tool tohelp your students learn. This presentation will discuss the importantrole writing plays in learning, and it will introduce teachers toconcrete activities they can use in the classroom to get their studentswriting more (without increasing their grading load considerably).Participants will engage in a teaching demonstration of one suchtechnique that has been used successfully in the classroom.

HonorMoorman1.522 HighSchoolNavigating theDigitalLandscape: 21stCenturyResearch SkillsThe new Research Strand of the ELAR TEKS requires that studentsbe able to gather information from electronic sources, use advancedsearch strategies, and distinguish between reliable and unreliablesources. But in the Age of the Internet, it is easy to find ourselvesadrift in the sea of information, drowning in the digital ocean thatengulfs us. In this session, we will get our feet on solid ground againby exploring effective search tools and strategies, examining howsocial bookmarking can be used to tag, save, highlight, annotate,share, and organize online resources, and investigating the criticalcharacteristics to consider when evaluating websites.

JeanettePierce3.406 All Telling TheirStories: The SanAntonioHolocaustSurvivor ProjectThis presentation will share the history, creative process,and curriculum product resulting from a three-year effort to recordthe stories of San Antonio's Holocaust Survivors. The project isnearing completion and the efforts of the small team of teachers toretell our survivors' stories based on their videotaped interviews willbe featured. The original videotapes were created by StevenSpielberg's Shoah Project which began after the releaseof Schindler's List. The final curriculum unit and writing activitieswill be published and included in the learning trunks shared by theSan Antonio Holocaust Memorial Museum with area schools.Participants will have the opportunity to "test drive" some of theactivities and to discuss how we can connect these stories to thelives of our students.

AngeliaHudson3.528 SecondaryadultFrom ELL toAmericanCitizenship: ASpiritual Journeyto Self-Fulfillment.Imagine driving along IH-10. On the horizon is the magnificentstructure of a rollercoaster, baked in hues of red, blue, yellow, andgreen. Now visualize standing in anticipation of getting on the ride,itching with excitement. With each movement of the ride you,screaming with your hands in the air, feel the soothing reassuranceof the wind as the knowledge journey takes place. Welcome to theworld of ESL: Welcome to a journey to success for all.

KalpanaIyengar3.536 All Kahani Project Kahani Project is a literacy endeavour modeled after the Cuentos projectwhere Indian and International students wrote family oriented stories. Thestories project the Indian ethos and help students explore their ethnicity,culture, and country. It is a wonderful opportunity that enables students tocompose, share, and talk about the stories in an open mike session at theInstitute of Texan Cultures of UTSA.

Dan Kaderli Audit HighSchool andAdultPoePourri Kaderli presents a perspective on Edgar Allen Poe's life and workthrough a masterful impersonation of him. It's a look at Poe's lifethrough his own eyes involving recitation of some his major works,such as "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee," and some indirectreferences to other poets, such as Keats and Shelley. Theperformance also looks at how masterpieces get written, in Poe'sview.

LisaKalinowski1.522 Elementary Using CulturallyRelevant Textsto InspireWritingThis session will provide teachers a research-based platform forusing multicultural texts in the classroom in various contexts as away to inspire writing. It will explore the introduction of texts withfamiliar themes/characters, etc., as a bridge to broader writingpossibilities. The presenter will also make available a resource listand ideas for classroom implementation.

Jennifer Hall 3.512 Secondaryand AdultShowing vs.Telling : WritingEmotions withPhysicalityStudent writing can be lifeless and liable to info-dumps. Yet these samestudents run, jump, sing, dance, and otherwise move around every day. Thislesson is designed to bring that physicality and interest to student writing.

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I am a Professor Emeritus at The University of Texas at San Antonio. I have been honored with the Illinois Master Teaching Award, the National-Louis University Outstanding Faculty Award (2001), and the University of Texas at San Antonio, College of Education Awards for Teaching Excellence for Tenured Faculty in 2007-2008, and the 2009 Presidential Award for Community Service. My work has been acknowledged by the 2009 National Council of Teachers of English Halle Award, the 2015 Outstanding Literacy Alumni Award from Northern Illinois University and the 2012 Headline Award for Excellence in Education. I am currently President-Elect for the The Whole Language Umbrella, an International Literacy Organization.
I am also the Director Emeritus of the San Antonio Writing Project. I've also published two books, Who's Invited to Share?: Using Literacy to Teach for Equity and Social Justice and Confronting Bullying: Literacy as a Tool for Character Education, both published by Heinemann. I have also published many scholarly articles.